谈高校基建工程项目审计几点体会

结合工作实际,本文从工程项目的招投标、合同、工程量、取费等方面探讨工程结算审计中应注意的问题,阐述了工程结算审计过程中应控制的基本要点,以降低工程造价和提高审计质量及效率。     

BIM技术在项目管理阶段(PM)全过程审计中的应用研究

BIM(Building Information Modeling,建筑信息模型)提供与建筑工程实际情况一致的信息库,实现工程项目全生命周期的信息收集与信息分析运用。随着BIM技术在工程项目管理中的普及和深度应用,如何利用互联网技术提高工程项目管理信息化应用水平,实现基于BIM技术的项目管理(PM)阶段全过程审计,需从限额设计、招投标、施工变更、索赔材料及成本控制、进度款支付、工程结算等方面进行研究探索。     

浅谈企业招投标的内部审计

企业招投标是降低成本、提高经营效率的重要手段。招投标工作的特殊性要求对其有严格的内部控制,而内部审计是保证企业招投标工作顺利开展的重要措施。文章论述了从招标前至招标结果执行的全流程内部审计在企业招投标内部控制活动中的应用。     

提高工程项目造价管理实效性的若干思考

工程项目造价管理是工程项目管理的重要组成部分，贯穿于工程项目建设的全过程之中。强化工程项目造价管理不仅有利于降低工程成本，获取工程项目效益最大化，而且有利于提升施工企业核心竞争力，提高施工企业项目管理水平。基于此点，本文从立项阶段、设计阶段、招投标阶段、施工阶段、竣工决算阶段等五个阶段入手，对提高工程项目造价管理实效性的措施进行浅谈。     

内部审计如何全过程控制建设项目造价

控制建设项目造价,不仅是基建部门的工作,内部审计也起到了举足轻重的作用。文章从设计阶段、预算、招投标、合同、施工过程、工程结算等方面监督控制造价进行了探讨。     

国有投资建设项目招投标的审计

<正>国家对国有投资建设项目进行审计的范围逐渐拓宽,加强了工程建设管理过程的审计。工程的招投标是其中一个非常重要的环节,主要原因在于:首先招投标通常是在建设前期阶段进行的,     

试论构建政府公共工程绩效审计评价指标体系的必要性

目前,我国公共工程项目相关的绩效审计仍处于起步阶段。文章从我国政府公共工程绩效审计的现状出发,比较企业绩效审计和政府公共工程绩效审计评价指标体系,分析两者的现状,最后论证建立绩效审计评价指标体系的必要性,从而为推动我国政府公共工程绩效审计发展提供方向性指导。     

工程项目造价控制与管理探析

本文从工程建设的各个阶段探讨了对工程项目造价的控制与管理.在决策阶段首先要对工程造价进行全面系统的技术经济分析论证;实行限额设计是设计阶段控制工程造价的有效途径;做好工程招投标阶段的造价控制与管理;严格审查施工组织方案和严格工程变更管理是施工阶段控制造价的关键;竣工结算要严格审核.     

论内部审计在医院工程审计中的作用

伴随着医院工程项目规模的逐渐扩大,医疗事业不断地发展壮大,医院医疗事业逐渐增加,然而医院自身软硬件资源却严重匮乏,如何加大资金投资的力度,逐步扩大医院工程审计工作的内容,这都是当前医院面临的现实问题。并且伴随着医院基建工程逐渐的增多,内部审计工作逐渐受到多方人士的高度关注,真正发挥好内部审计的作用,强化审计监督的职能,充分并且逐步完善医院工程的建设内容,加强对医院工程建设资金的节约,这些都是当前医院工程建设管理面临的新课题。所以,医院工程审计工作要及时采取有效的措施,保证内部审计的效率,文章主要从医院内部审计相关理论性知识出发,积极扩展内部审计在医院工程审计中的作用,希望能够真正实现具有实际意义的审计。     

四川省某单位灾后重建项目工程合同管理办法

合同管理是建设工程项目管理的一项重要工作,它直接关系到工程的质量、工期和造价.文章结合四川某单位灾后重建项目的具体情况,分别从招投标阶段、合同签订阶段、工程项目实施阶段及项目竣工后等阶段,详细阐述了合同管理的具体办法,以期为其他建设工程项目的合同管理提供参考.     

基于风险导向的银行内部审计探讨

风险导向内部审计是内部审计发展的最新趋势。新的审计模式倡导新的审计理念，新的审计理念必将引导内部审计发生诸多变化。银行是高风险行业，在银行实施风险导向内部审计有利于提高银行审计的效率与效果，强化银行的风险管理。本文首先对风险导向内部审计进行了初步探讨，并从银行内审的角度分析了推行风险导向内部审计所带来的变化，最后提出了银行内部审计的工作重点。     

议内部审计工作价值的体现和提升

随着经济的飞速发展 ,现代企业组织的复杂性增加 ,内部审计的作用日益凸现。内部审计的目的就是评价组织控制以确保揭露组织潜在的风险和有效果、效率和经济地达到组织的目标和目的。内部审计工作的价值的体现就是通过审计成果的综合利用。但是 ,当前内部审计成果的利用极为不够 ,因此 ,应加强审计部门自身的工作 ,提高审计结论、审计建议的客观性、科学性 ,同时被审单位应加强对审计成果的重视和利用 ,采取一些必要的措施 ,促进审计成果的利用     

The Influence of Nonaudit Service Revenues and Client Pressure on External Auditors' Decisions to Rely on Internal Audit*

This paper investigates how external auditor provision of significant nonaudit services and client pressure to use the work of internal audit influence external auditors' use of internal auditors' work. More specifically, we study how external audit evidence gathering choices are influenced by nonaudit fees and client pressure. Our research is motivated by an observation that the magnitude of nonaudit services provided to audit clients introduces the risk that client management may leverage its position with the external auditor and potentially affect the audit process. We address this issue by extending prior research and focusing on the importance of various explanatory variables, including nonaudit service revenues, client pressure, internal audit quality, and coordination, to the external auditor's decision to rely on the work of internal audit. We use data primarily obtained through surveys completed by internal and external auditors. The survey responses represent 74 separate audit engagements. Our findings reveal that when significant nonaudit services are not provided to a client, internal audit quality and the level of internal‐external auditor coordination positively affect auditors' internal audit reliance decisions. However, when the auditor provides significant nonaudit services to the client, internal audit quality and the extent of internal ‐ external auditor coordination do not significantly affect auditors' reliance decisions. Furthermore, when significant nonaudit services are provided, client pressure significantly increases the extent of internal audit reliance. Thus, external auditors appear to be more affected by client pressure and less concerned about internal audit quality and coordination when making internal audit reliance decisions at clients for whom significant nonaudit services are also provided.     

企业集团内部审计职能优化

随着我国企业集团的快速发展,企业集团内部审计地位、职能和作用等方面的现状和存在的问题引起人们的关注。本文仅从内部审计职能理论认识发展与现实内部审计职能弱化这一差异问题着手,结合企业集团发展现状,探讨如何有主次的、有侧重的、有取舍的优化内部审计职能,以提高企业集团内部审计效能,使内部审计在企业集团中的作用真正地得以发挥。     

风险导向审计在商业银行内部审计中的应用

商业银行所面临的内外部经营环境日趋复杂,风险也日益增加,传统的内部审计模式已无法满足商业银行经营和发展的需求。如何使有限的审计资源得以合理配置,提高审计效率与效果,已成为商业银行内部审计面临的崭新课题。本文从风险导向审计的一般概念入手,对商业银行开展风险导向内部审计的必要性与可行性,及风险导向审计在商业银行内部审计中的应用进行了分析,并提出了一些不断完善的建议。     

Does Audit Committee Accounting Expertise Help to Promote Audit Quality? Evidence from Auditor Reporting of Internal Control Weaknesses

In this study, we examine whether audit committee accounting expertise helps to promote audit quality by motivating auditors to conduct diligent internal control audits and make appropriate internal control assessments because audit committee accounting expertise safeguards auditors from dismissal following adverse internal control opinions. Among clients with existing and likely internal control material weaknesses (as proxied by future restatements of audited financial statements), we find a greater likelihood of adverse internal control audit opinions when the audit committee has greater accounting expertise (measured by the proportion of accounting experts on the audit committee). Among all clients, we find a lower likelihood of subsequent auditor dismissal following an adverse internal control audit opinion when the audit committee has greater accounting expertise. In further analyses, we find that this lower likelihood of subsequent auditor dismissal occurs when at least two audit committee members possess accounting expertise. We also find some evidence that CFO influence (but not CEO influence) over the audit committee negates the increased likelihood of adverse internal control opinions when internal control material weaknesses likely exist, as well as the decreased likelihood of auditor dismissal following adverse internal control opinions. These findings have important implications for regulators and corporate nominating committees interested in promoting audit committee effectiveness.     

高校内部审计质量管理方法探究

内部审计的质量是内部审计的生命力。为提高内部审计质量,高校应从项目管理、环境管理、制度管理、人员管理等方面着手,加强管理,不断创新。     

浅析内部审计风险的成因与防范

随着市场经济的发展和审计环境的日益复杂化,审计风险已成为企业内部审计一个无法回避的问题。本文从内部审计自身的特点、组织的日趋多元化经营、审计资源、审计人员的自身素质、审计项目管理情况、新审计技术方法的利用等六个方面分析了扩大审计风险的因素,同时从积极实施内部审计体制改革、加强审计队伍建设、规范审计程序、加大审计技术的创新、树立风险审计观念等五个方面介绍降低审计风险的方法和途径。     

Audit Partner Tenure and Internal Control Reporting Quality: U.S. Evidence from the Not‐For‐Profit Sector

This study examines the effects of audit partner tenure and audit partner changes on internal control reporting quality for large U.S. not‐for‐profit (NFP) organizations. Regulators contend that audit partners lose their objectivity over successive audits, reducing audit quality. A large body of research has examined this issue, primarily in non‐U.S. jurisdictions, with mixed results. We examine the associations between audit partner tenure and audit partner changes and the incidence of reported internal control deficiencies (ICDs), the quality of internal control reports (following PCAOB audit quality indicators), and the severity of reported ICDs. We find negative associations between audit partner tenure and the incidence of reported ICDs, the quality of internal control reports, and the severity of reported ICDs. Together, these findings indicate that internal control reporting quality deteriorates with audit partner tenure. However, we find no association between audit partner changes and internal control reporting, which is consistent with partners lacking client specific knowledge in their first year with a client. Finally, we find no association between either audit partner tenure or changes and the likelihood of remediation. Our findings contribute large‐sample U.S. evidence on the association between audit partner tenure and internal control reporting quality and provide useful information to government regulators, NFP boards charged with the oversight of the external auditor and internal controls, and NFP stakeholders.     

The Impact of Internal Auditor Compensation and Role on External Auditors' Planning Judgments and Decisions*

This paper reports the results of an experiment that investigates how external audit planning is affected when internal auditors have incentives and the opportunity to bias their evaluations. Specifically, we draw on attribution theory to examine how internal auditor eligibility for incentive compensation and participation in consulting (i.e., two factors that provide incentives to bias audit evaluations) affect external audit planning. In addition, we examine the effects of incentive compensation and a consulting role across two routine internal audit tasks — an objective tests of controls task and a subjective inventory valuation task — to evaluate whether their effects are contingent upon task subjectivity (i.e., opportunity to bias audit evaluations). Seventy‐six external auditors from four Big 5 public accounting firms participated in an experiment that manipulated internal auditor compensation (fixed salary versus incentive compensation), the type of work that the internal auditors routinely perform (primarily auditing versus primarily consulting), and audit task subjectivity (objective tests of controls versus subjective inventory valuation). Our results suggest that the nature of internal auditors' compensation and work affect audit planning recommendations differently. The opportunity to receive incentive compensation results in less reliance on internal auditors' work and greater budgeted audit hours, but only for the subjective task. Although a consulting role decreases perceived internal auditor objectivity, it has a limited effect on planning recommendations. Specifically, consulting has no effect on reliance, and leads to greater budgeted audit hours only when incentive compensation is available. We discuss potential explanations for the results as well as implications for audit research, practice, and regulation.